All Around Maui: Alan Batie's visit to Maui. September 16-30, 2002.: Lava tube with Alan Batie. September 25, 2002.

• Alan Batie's visit to Maui. September 16-30, 2002.
• Maui Ocean Center with Alan Batie. September 21, 2002.
• La Pérouse Bay with Alan Batie. September 21, 2002.
• Haleakalā summit at sunset with Alan Batie. September 23, 2002.
• Lava tube with Alan Batie. September 25, 2002. (this page)
• Hana Highway, including Blue Pool, overnight in a treehouse, red sand beach, and waterfalls. September 28, 2002.
• Haleakalā summit at sunset with Alan Batie. September 29, 2002.

Today we visited a little-known lava tube that's about halfway up Waipoli Road. This road connects Kula to Polipoli State Park. The tube is only moderately challenging to walk through. We enter it at the higher side, so we're walking downhill. There are two pretty steep sections, but we can walk it in biped mode. The lava floor is pretty slippery when wet, as it was today. We managed to take 27-pound Tree and an equal weight of camera equipment, without falling down once.

CRW_2108 This is the entrance to the lava tube from 20-30 feet back.

CRW_2112 This is a closer view of the entrance.

CRW_2118 Here's the inside of the lava tube, illuminated by a handheld flashlight.

DSCN0026 Lava dripped from the roof of the tube when it was formed.

DSCN0033 Drippy lava ceiling.

DSCN0038 Drippy lava ceiling.

DSCN0044 This is the exit side (downhill side) of the lava tube. I'm negotiating with Tree to give me back the light so that I can put it away. He doesn't want to give it back.

DSCN0051 A view across Kaipoioi Gulch, in which the lava tube is located. Large Koa trees line both cliff faces.

Out of the lava tube

Polipoli State Park